Last weekend during NAQP SSB, I deceided to whip together a voice keyer using a very-high-quality voice font. I ran the whole contest without lifting the microphone. I was happy to see that it seemed
Sounds pretty good, but shouldn't you have made it more realistic? "Press 1 for a repeat of my call. Press 2 for my exchange Press 3 to ask for a QSL Press 4 to speak to an operator" Or for DX contes
Hilarious...absolutely hilarious, Tom. Seriously, for those who may still be pooh-poohing FULL voice automation in contesting, I strongly encourage you to make a paradigm shift real quick...because t
Thanks for all the great replies!! It seems that there is a lot of interest in the synthesized voice keyer concept. Here are some technical details: - I used Microsoft Speech, or, the Microsoft Speec
Gerry, W1VE posted: == - My "glue" to make this an actual contest keyer was a Visual Basic program. I use Writelog -- with Writelog is very easy to get the callsign entered, as well as the current fr
Hi Eric, See my comments below: Gerry, W1VE posted: == - My "glue" to make this an actual contest keyer was a Visual Basic program. I use Writelog -- with Writelog is very easy to get the callsign en
prohibited in the FCC rules. Ooops...I must have missed something here. "What" is specifically prohibited? Using someone else's voice? We are on the same page in terms of intended use being a "good t
I don't see what the problem is with using a voice other than yours for a contest. For the ARRL SS a YL voice is best and the same goes for Field day. No where does this violate the rules for even si
This would not apply to amateurs at all. By FCC Rule and definition, legal amateur radio communications is not broadcasting. To prove that an amateur was "broadcasting" it would need to be proved th
When I first started my "crusade" on voice-automation over a year ago (as a result of a weird throat infection which prevented me from any phone operation in a contest), I got some "you're whacked o